Explore how scholarship and church tradition shape our picture of Jesus—and what a careful reader can learn from both.
This nonfiction work offers a rigorous critical account of the gospel narratives and how they came to be understood over time. It weighs historical questions, textual evidence, and interpretive aims without losing sight of faith, practice, or belief.
The book surveys key episodes in the gospel accounts, including debates over authenticity and the development of tradition. It traces how different evangelists present events, and how later readers have connected or separated these narratives from the figures they describe."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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